Wednesday, August 14, 2013

China Braces for Typhoon Utor After it Sinks a Ship off Hong Kong

More than one hundred and sixty thousand people have been evacuated from China's coast as Typhoon Utor approaches. Bringing winds around ninety miles per hour, the storm has already proven itself to be deadly.

Utor finished with Hong Kong, after shutting the entire island down, for a day. Six people were injured and around twenty trees were knocked down, but no serious damage was reported.

A ship caught in the open, by the storm, was sunk. Search and rescue teams pulled twenty-one sailors out of the water. The Trans Summer was carrying fifty-seven thousand tons of nickel ore.

The Philippines are still cleaning up from the visit Utor payed them, on Monday. Seven people were killed and four are still missing. Several villages are still completely cut off, due to the mudslides the storm caused.

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